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NEBRASKA

Ranking:  Nebraska is 10th this year; it was 12th in 2006. 

Strengths: Strengths include a high rate of high school graduation with 87.6 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate in four years, few poor mental and physical health days per month at 2.6 days and 3.0 days in the previous 30 days respectively and a low premature death rate with 6,238 years of potential life lost before age 75 per 100,000 population. 

Challenges: Challenges include a high prevalence of binge drinking at 17.9 percent of the population, limited access to adequate prenatal care with 70.3 percent of pregnant women receiving adequate prenatal care and a high prevalence of obesity at 26.9 percent of the population.

Significant Changes:

↑ In the past year, the rate of uninsured population increased from 10.5 percent to 12.3 percent.

↓ In the past year, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 21.3 percent to 18.7 percent of the population.

↑ Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity increased from 11.6 percent to 26.9 percent of the population.

↓ Since 1990, the rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease declined from 377.6 to 288.9 deaths per 100,000 population.

Health Disparities: In Nebraska, blacks experience 85 percent more premature death than whites.   Deaths from cancer are 41 percent more prevalent among blacks than whites, even though incidence rates are approximately equal.

State Health Department Web Site:     www.hhs.state.ne.us/
           


 

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Nebraska                
  2007   2006   2000   1990  
DETERMINANTS - Personal Behaviors Value Rank Value Rank Value Rank Value Rank
Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population) 18.7↓ 17 21.3 29 23.2 28 24.9 3
Binge Drinking (Percent of population) 17.9 44 17.3* 43* 16.6* 33* --- ---
Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population) 26.9 36 26 35 21 36 11.6 23
High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders) 87.6 1 85.2 5 84.7* 3* 86.7* 4
DETERMINANTS - Community Environment                
Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population) 282 16 287 19 451 28 252 12
Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers) 5.2↓ 18 6.8 31 7.5 41 11.7* 36
Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population) 8.1 12 7.4 10 11.4 7 11.6 4
Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18) 13.1↑ 13 12.3 9 11.5 14 11.3 5
DETERMINANTS - Public & Health Policies                
Lack of Health Insurance (Percent without health insurance) 12.3↑ 19 10.5 11 9.2 10 10 16
Per Capita Public Health Spending (Dollars per person) $190 12 $190 12 --- --- --- ---
Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months) 81.0↓ 23 89.1 2 79.8 8 --- ---
DETERMINANTS - Clinical Care                
Adequacy of Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women) 70.3 37 70.3 37 76.6* 22* 76.8* 7*
Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population) 114.8 25 114.3 25 --- --- --- ---
Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees) 73.3↑ 24 66.7 20 --- --- --- ---
All Determinants 9.1 13 8.2 12 6 16 10.2 3
                 
HEALTH OUTCOMES                
Poor Mental Health Days (Days in previous 30 days) 2.6 5 2.6 2 2.8 14 --- ---
Poor Physical Health Days (Days in previous 30 days) 3 6 3.1 7 3.1 15 --- ---
Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births) 6.5 25 6.2 20 7.4 28 9.3 17
Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) 288.9 19 297.7 17 351.5 29 377.6 16
Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) 192.6 15 195.3